Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Sep 21, 2007 6:00pm PDTWell that Crysis demo delay sure makes me sad. I'm not terribly interested in the multiplayer of that game but the singleplayer sure looks like it could be entertaining. Still tons of other stuff to play though in the mean time. I do believe I need to further investigate TF2 for uh.. research.
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- Dudes fighting over polls like it's Maarten in prison!
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It's a prepaid 12 month Xbox live subscription.. with Halo 3 branding added?
http://www.game.co.uk/Xbox360/Hardware/Accessory/~r332558/-Xbox-Live-12-month-Subscription-Card-Halo-3/
Exactly what is the point?
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=8-8nkkOA_AM
That's got to be the toughest thing for me. I play bass, guitar, a bit of fiddle and mess around on piano but can't sing in tune for the life of me. I really wish I could but it's not there. I'm hoping someone will tell me that self-coached vocal lessons are useful and will give me a beautiful singing voice but I'm not holding my breath :(
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I tried to resist, but the little box popped up when Steam Opened and I caved.
I need shack server info STAT!
PLEASE I Can't take it anymore!
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It's not a pub, shouldn't we be above that shit? Not to mention the guy who decided to sit in his own spawn where the enemy couldn't get him for the entire duration of sudden death. Yeah that was cool. Sudden death is bad enough without having to sit around and watch him camp the spawn for 4 minutes.
Like I said most people there are awesome. I just hope the server admins watch out for these asses who try to turn it into just another crappy pub.
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Kojima: 1
sexninja: 0
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Helvetica, I didn't know you were so...manly.
http://solrflare.shackspace.com/tf2/helvetica.jpg
Ouch
http://solrflare.shackspace.com/tf2/oww.jpg
That had to hurt
http://solrflare.shackspace.com/tf2/squish.jpg
And this is so true
http://solrflare.shackspace.com/tf2/sotrue.jpg
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Here is a list of all the weapons they removed from the game:
-Spy feign
-Demoman's detpack
-Spy's silenced pistol that slowed people down
-Pyro's napalm rocket launcher
-Medics' ability to infect the other team
-Scout's nailgun
-Medic's shotgun
-Demoman's shotgun
-Engineer's laser pistol
+Grenades
-Hand Grenades
-Hallucinagen grenades
-MERV grenades
-EMP grenade
-Conc grenades
-Pyro's fire grenade
-Nail Grenade
-Caltrops
Oh yeah, and they added a stupid roof over the bridge in 2fort and didn't add rock2 to the lineup, and i'm sure I probably missed 1 or two things. You don't realize what's all gone until it's all layed-out infront of you. I hope valve redeems itself by adding this stuff later on or putting it back in when we're finally out of BETA. What do you guys think?
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Attn: Audio recording / mixing menz
I have some questions about making my mix sound more full. Like why is it when I look at my songs in a spectrum analysis versus looking at a professionally mixed song does my song not even come close to their levels? If I raise the volume on any track to try and match their levels the track starts clipping like crazy. Does anyone have any links / and or books that helped them understand the general do's and dont's on audio mixing? Here is a quick riff and lead I wrote to learn how to mix with and this is the best I've been able to achieve without massive clipping. http://www.mediafire.com/?71tjdidm2xg but volume / levels wise it's only hitting about 70% what a "professional" mix is
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http://www.philsized.com/cetan.vs.vissi.mp3
http://www.philsized.com/Vissi.asks.about.MalcolmX.wav
http://www.philsized.com/rikitiki2ubastard.jpg i was ready to choke a bitch after about the 8th bonfire.
http://www.philsized.com/randomnull.jpg he's the spy who shanked the shit out of verbs_of_motion.
http://www.philsized.com/dra.jpg look at the body parts fly!
http://www.philsized.com/lumbergh.jpg this was on a pub, don't think he's a shacker but it cracked me up.
http://www.philsized.com/pukerat.jpg knifed me then got smoked.
http://www.philsized.com/spieslikeus.jpg fighting another spy (optical) and we both fell off the cliff :(
http://www.philsized.com/healed.jpg finally got in a groove i guess.
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Picasa photo album here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/rtjust/AustinShackmeet07
Write up in reply with highlights...
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What do you guys think of the Soldier class?
At the moment I feel like it's hugely underpowered, which is weird for the 'utility' class. The slow rocket speed mean things are pretty much un-hittable at range, which takes away just about the only advantage the Soldier has over the Demoman. Demoman grenades seem to be about twice as powerful as rockets with a broader splash range, not to mention the Soldier moves slower than an engineer and has a reload speed that makes me think he's mentally handicapped.
When the game came out on Monday I was the only person I saw playing Demoman, but now every server I join has 4 per team.
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I picked up the Tie Advanced fighter set over the weekend. I spent the entire day chillin and buildin. That crappy stand that they make you build is horrible. It needed some serious revamping. It kept tipping over and breaking everything.... but fuck this thing looks cool.
So far I have, Tie Advanced, Y-Wing, B-Wing, and the AT ST.....
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Nice opening to the Colts - Texans game, with the Texans returning Indie's opening kickoff for a touchdown
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2001290023-2006210350,00.html
Uh huhu uhuh uhuhhu her name is Cockings.
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Netbeans or Eclipse for your IDE?
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PC gaming has gotten a few good titles mind you. TF2 is pure sex and we haven't even gotten our hands on Portal or Episode 2 yet. But, it's important to remember that it will also be available on the consoles. And,while I think for TF2 at least, the PC is probably the ideal platform control wise and such for the Orange box, the console versions still should be excellent.
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Someone talk me out of it please :(
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Pyro needs longer burn time, and a little more range. They should be scary as hell up close and aren't for the most part.
Soldier should run faster, but backup slower, he's way too slow. That would emphasize offense and lower defense. Running the same speed as the heavy is just lame, his rockets are slow enough as it is.
All the other classes seem amazingly balanced, except the spy which I suck so hard at there must be something wrong with tit.
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:::First:::
I like both Survivorman & Man vs Wild for different reasons.
:::Behind the Scenes:::
I am sitting here and watching the behind the scenes EP, not sure when it originally aired, but it aired a couple times last night.
One of the big gripes fools keep bring up to bash Man vs Wild is that they carry people with the host to build stuff then film it as if the host did it all.
This EP of Survivorman is basically showing he does the same thing. He goes to the specific locations, he gets local guides, he has others build stuff and teach him.
Make sure I am clear: I am not bashing, or trashing les for this practice, I am saying that holding it against Bear, but not Les. That is a load of crap.
I am also just putting this down for the next time I see a Survivorman vs Man vs Wild thread.
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